SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has temporarily suspended permits for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to enter the United States and stay up to two years amid concerns about fraud by their financial sponsors, officials said Friday. Nearly 500,000 people from the four countries arrived through June under presidential authority after applying online
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — An explosion and gunfire rocked a hotel by the beach in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu, and security forces rushed to the scene, authorities and witnesses said Friday night. The state-owned Somali National News Agency said security forces had “neutralized the attackers.” There was no immediate word on deaths and injuries.
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Back-to-back. Then back-to-back again. There is no clearer way to spell out the dominance in the backstroke of Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown. She won the 200-meter back Friday, completing the sweep after winning the 100 earlier in the week. She pulled off the same feat in Tokyo three years ago, which
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — American-born Palestinian runner Layla Almasri realizes the weight of responsibility that she and her team carry at the Paris Olympics. It’s about far more than merely competing. “I think I can speak for all eight of us here at the Olympics,” Almasri said after competing in the 800 meters Friday. “We’re
PARIS (AP) — In the early days after she was adopted by her grandparents, Simone Biles, a preschooler at the time, put herself in charge of younger sister Adria. Part of it was Biles doing what big sisters do. Part of it was trying to give Adria something familiar to hold onto as they adjusted
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s largest convenience store chain said Friday it will reopen 191 stores in the border city of Nuevo Laredo that it had closed last week because of drug cartel threats . The Femsa corporation, which operates the Oxxo chain of convenience stores, said its stores and seven gas stations it operates
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Members of the International Seabed Authority elected Leticia Carvalho of Brazil as the group’s new secretary general Friday amid growing support for a preliminary halt to deep-sea mining. Carvalho received 79 votes compared to incumbent Michael Lodge’s 34 votes. The ISA concluded its session Friday with no consensus on a regulatory
Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted Russian prisoners freed as part of a swap with the United States as they arrived at a Moscow airport. It came after the U.S. and Russia earlier completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history in a multinational deal that set two dozen people free. Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted
Displaced people in the Gaza Strip shared a grim outlook on Thursday following 300 days of war, as hopes fade for a cease-fire following the assassination in Tehran of Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh. (AP video: Mohammad Jahjouh /Production: Wafaa Shurafa) Displaced people in the Gaza Strip shared a grim outlook on Thursday following 300 days of
PARIS (AP) — Sha’Carri Richardson won her first-ever race at the Olympics and Australia’s swimmers and Léon Marchand continued their dominance in the pool on Day 7 of the Paris Games. Richardson ran a blazing opening round in the 100 meters Friday in 10.94 seconds to easily qualify for the semifinals. Wearing neon green shoes
